0001341004-07-000494 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among AQUILA, INC., GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED, GREGORY ACQUISITION CORP. and BLACK HILLS CORPORATION Dated as of February 6, 2007

Merger Agreement • February 8th, 2007 • Great Plains Energy Inc • Electric services • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  February 8th, 2007
• Company
  Great Plains Energy Inc
• Industry
  Electric services
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 6, 2007 (this “Agreement”), among Aquila, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Great Plains Energy Incorporated, a Missouri corporation (“Parent”), Gregory Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Black Hills Corporation, a South Dakota corporation (the “Asset Purchaser”).